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[crowd cheering]
Mart is a Texas football town.
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I don't know how they grow
such good football players,
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but all of these boys
had won state championships
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together at Mart High School.
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[Triana] I watched
Jacob and Sabion played
against each other,
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and that game was the best
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because their bond
was really close.
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[Anthony] When I walked in,
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I already knew they were gone.
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He was gonna be
the person in the family
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that made it to the NFL.
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These two murders
changed the lives
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of the people
in the community forever.
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People were saying like,
"Wait till the truth
comes out."
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I questioned, like,
"Was there any
secret animosity?"
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It was a mistake.
We were all family.
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[theme music playing]
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[siren wailing]
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[crowd cheering]
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[police siren wailing]
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[Detective Johnson]
In the early morning
hours of the 18th,
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I got the phone call that
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there'd been
a double homicide in Mart.
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-[dispatcher speaking
indistinctly over radio]
-[police siren wailing]
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[Detective Johnson]
It was a shocker because
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I've been in the sheriff's
office over 10 years,
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and this is the first murder
that's happened in Mart.
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Especially a double murder.
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[dispatcher speaking
indistinctly over radio]
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[Detective Johnson]
It's kinda one of those
once-in-a-generation crimes.
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So, I show up
to the crime scene.
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[car door closes]
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[Detective Johnson]
The house is located
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on the main thoroughfare
through Mart.
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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[Detective Johnson]
Sabion was one of the victims.
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He was found in the bed.
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He was shot two times,
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one in the right side
of the face,
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just below the eye,
and one in the right neck.
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The second victim was Jacob.
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This was Jacob's house.
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He was found on the floor,
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and he was shot
three times in the back.
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So, because they're
football players,
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they're like rockstars.
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Everybody knew who they were.
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It felt like half the Mart
was there at the crime scene.
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Everybody's screaming.
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They wanted something
to be done right now.
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And nothing can happen
fast enough
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to catch the shooter.
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The population of Mart
is probably around 1,700.
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The community is very close.
Everybody knows everybody.
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Most of 'em are probably
even kin to each other.
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[Anthony] Mart, Texas
is a good little town
to raise a kid.
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You don't have to worry about
nothing too much.
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And you do something wrong,
the parents gonna know
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before you even get home,
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'cause somebody
gonna tell 'em.
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[Detective Johnson]
Mart is a Texas football town.
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You've seen movies
where they show the town,
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and everything's closed up.
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Friday night,
everybody's at
the football games.
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And that's Mart.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
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High school football, I think,
is a great Texas phenomenon,
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but it's an especially
big deal in Mart.
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I don't know how they grow
such good football players,
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but they have a pretty good
track record of doing so.
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They've had a lot of success
in high school football.
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The Mart High School Panthers,
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that is, I think,
the one thing that
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the residents of Mart
really rally around,
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and it's a big, big deal
in that community.
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Being at a Mart game,
it like being at a party.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
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You got the yelling,
and the screaming,
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and you got everybody
running around,
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and it just... It's fun.
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[cheering continues]
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[Anthony] Jacob was
a standout player.
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I can honestly say,
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somebody tell us,
I don't know where
he got it from,
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'cause he was just everywhere.
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In senior year,
he won most valuable player.
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So, we have two small towns
right beside each other.
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Mart is the Mart Panthers
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and Riesel is
the Riesel Indians,
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who are kind of a rival
for years.
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It's a big thing.
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Jacob played
for the Mart Panthers
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and Sabion played
for the Riesel Indians.
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[crowd cheering]
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Walking out at Riesel
with Sabion,
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it was pretty special
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because he was gonna do
something wild.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
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[Chris] He was gonna
return a kickoff
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and run down the sideline,
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and everybody's
gonna go crazy.
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Or he would make
a big play on defense.
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He played free safety,
so he was all over the field,
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so he could make a play
anywhere on the field and just
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totally light up the stadium.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
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[Triana] I watched
Jacob and Sabion played
against each other,
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and that game
was the best game ever
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because it was so close.
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They liked to see
who was better in what.
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They liked
to have competition.
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But their bond
was really close.
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They were unseparable.
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Like, everywhere they went,
they were together.
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If they even go to the store,
they gotta go together.
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You see one,
you're gonna see
the other one.
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[Anthony chuckles] I call 'em
twins from another mother.
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'Cause they even look alike.
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[Shontel] Jacob and Sabion
knew each other as kids.
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They were always laughing.
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When they were together,
they were always having
a good time.
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[laughs] 'Cause they
were jokesters.
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[haltingly] When they
were killed...
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[crying] I think
the whole city was
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taken by surprise
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because everybody knew
Jacob and Sabion.
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[Triana] On April 17th,
I had just got home,
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and I remember
I went into my room.
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And then I end up
going to sleep early.
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And then around, like,
1:00 something...
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[thud]
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...I heard a thump,
and I didn't pay it
no mind 'cause
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normally it's the boys
playing around.
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So, I went back to sleep.
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I thought they was
in there wrestlin'
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'cause I heard the door slam.
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I got up and checked on that.
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I went through the living room
and when I walked in,
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I seen Jacob on the floor
and Sabion sitting up
in the bed.
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I already knew they were gone.
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[Triana] My momma
ran into my room
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and yelled,
"Call 911! Call 911!"
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And I was asking her,
"For what?"
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And she wouldn't tell me
so I followed her
into the room
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before calling 911
to see what was going on.
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And then I see her
sitting on the ground,
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holding my brother, crying.
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And then I turn my head,
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I see Sabion on the bed,
just laying there.
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And then, so I went outside,
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I called 911.
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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[Triana] The only thing
I can remember saying was,
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"My brother's been shot.
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He's dead. Please come help."
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And the hardest part
in all that happened is
seeing my wife
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sitting on the floor,
holding Jacob.
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And I had to tell her,
"Put him down,"
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'cause she's
contaminating the scene.
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[police siren blaring]
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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The best that
we can piece together
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given the physical evidence
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is that Sabion
was probably shot first,
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-given the fact that
he hadn't moved.
-[two gunshots ring]
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[Detective Johnson]
His feet were still
crossed out of the cover,
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so he was in
a relaxed position.
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And then they shot Jacob.
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[three gunshots ring]
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[Detective Johnson]
Jacob was probably
trying to escape.
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He probably had
just enough time to get up
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and start moving
toward the door.
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[DA DeCluitt] There's nothing
missing from the scene that
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anyone that lived
in that house could tell.
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It wasn't ransacked
like you would think
in a burglary or a robbery.
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Sabion was shot
right in the middle
of his forehead.
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It was intentional.
Same with Jacob.
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It looked like an execution.
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They were relaxed,
so it indicates that
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they probably were not
alarmed by the shooter.
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That to me shows that
it was very personal.
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[Triana] I didn't know
who did it.
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I just wanted to know
why would this happen.
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What was the reason?
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I just wanted to find out who
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and why would they
do something like this.
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[Anthony] Jacob
and his friends,
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they were hanging out
at my house earlier
that night.
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Just playing
the football games
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and watching TV.
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But I don't know
what happened after that.
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We need to know
who was at the house earlier
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when they were shot.
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It was a shocker
when we found out
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the truth of what happened.
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[Shontel] I'm laying in bed,
just watching YouTube.
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And I was just
having fun by myself.
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And then I got a call.
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And it was, like, 2:00,
2:16 in the morning.
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It was a friend
telling me that,
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"Sabion and Jacob
have been shot."
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I was like,
"Oh, okay. Are they okay?"
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And then he was like,
"No, Shontel, they're dead."
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And then...
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I didn't cry.
It was more of a...
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Like a dry scream.
Like, it was just like,
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I don't know
how to describe it.
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And then he said,
"Y'all need to come
to the house now."
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I heard her
running down the stairs.
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I mean, she was running hard.
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Screaming,
and everything else,
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and that's why I was like,
"What is going on?"
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And then she runs in my room
and tells me,
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"Sabion's been shot."
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I said,
"Well, maybe they're okay.
Maybe they're okay.
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We gotta get to 'em, you know?
Maybe they'll be okay."
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She said,
"No, no, they're dead."
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So, we got dressed
and got in the car
and went to Mart.
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That was the longest drive
down that road ever.
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And I just kept saying,
"We gotta pray. We gotta pray.
We gotta pray."
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And she was screaming.
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And finally we made it
to where Riesel meets Mart.
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And there was just
red and blue lights
everywhere.
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So, that's really when it hit.
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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When I saw the ambulances
pull off empty,
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that's when I knew that
that was it.
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[Detective Johnson] Everybody
in the house was erratic.
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Jacob's mom was
on the floor with him, crying.
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Dad was wanting something
to be done,
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yelling and screaming
at everybody.
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In a situation like this,
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events can't happen
fast enough to catch
the shooter.
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So, we need to make sure
we keep building a good case
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as we're
processing everything.
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[DA DeCluitt] The murder
weapon was found at the scene.
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It was a 9mm Glock
with an extended magazine.
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We found six
spent shell casings,
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and we were able to
account for all the rounds
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that were fired
from those shell casings.
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In interviewing
the family that night,
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nobody heard any of the shots
that were fired in the house.
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The dad said that
Jacob and Sabion
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played video games through
all hours of the night,
full volume.
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And so they were
so used to hearing gunshots.
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But they slept
through the noise.
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[DA Calvert] In addition
to the shell casings that
were in the bedroom,
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there also were numerous
bloody footprints
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of someone who was
not wearing shoes,
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going from the bodies,
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through the kitchen area,
and straight into the bedroom
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of Anthony Medlock
and his wife.
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Who were asleep
in their bed at the time.
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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Any time you have a murder,
there's gonna be
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rumors going around
about who did it,
why they did it.
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And this case
was certainly no exception.
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There were rumors that
it was drug related,
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that it was gang related.
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The investigators in this case
did a good job
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of running
all those facts down.
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Jacob and Sabion definitely
weren't in any gang.
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From my understanding,
the rumor was,
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whoever was involved
in doing it
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was trying to get initiated
into a gang.
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And in order to
get into the gang,
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you had to kill two people.
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We found out there was
a whole group of boys
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that came over to the house
earlier that night.
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[DA Calvert] All of these boys
had grown up together
from early childhood.
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All of these boys
were very close friends.
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They referred to each other
as brothers.
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And they were
very well known in Mart.
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Jacob Ybarra
was the defensive MVP
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for the Mart Football Team.
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Sabion Kubitza
had a full scholarship
to play football.
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Zamar Kirven
received a scholarship
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to play Division 1 football
at the University of Houston.
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Shatydrick "Woola" Bailey
received an opportunity
to play college football.
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And they had formed bonds
on the football field
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all throughout their lives,
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and so it was hard
for anyone to imagine
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that one of them could harm,
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let alone kill,
one or more of the others.
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00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:28,667
But that's absolutely
something that we had to
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look at in this case,
as we would in
any murder case.
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[DA DeCluitt] We found out
that Zamar and some
of the group
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decided to go
to some field party.
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And they wanted Jacob to go,
and Jacob said
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00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,567
that he didn't wanna go
because he knew that
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00:16:45,567 --> 00:16:47,467
those parties
were not always safe,
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and he wanted to stay home.
293
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And so they leave,
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00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:53,567
and they're FaceTiming
each other.
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00:16:53,567 --> 00:16:55,967
And you see Jacob there,
you see Sabion there
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whenever they're FaceTiming
their friends in Jacob's room.
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00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:04,133
And you also see
Shatydrick "Woola" Bailey.
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00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,367
So we knew
Woola stayed there too,
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and could've been there
when the shots were fired.
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[DA Calvert] Woola Bailey
was 20 years old.
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Jacob and Woola had won
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00:17:18,433 --> 00:17:21,367
state championships together
at Mart High School.
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00:17:21,367 --> 00:17:24,333
And so they were
truly lifelong friends.
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[Detective Johnson]
We tried to explore
the relationships
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00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:30,467
as much as we can.
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I didn't know where Woola was.
307
00:17:32,767 --> 00:17:35,567
We don't know for sure
what happened when,
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00:17:35,634 --> 00:17:39,333
so we need to get Woola
to the sheriff's office
to interview him.
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[Shontel] When I heard that
they couldn't find Woola,
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I questioned, like,
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"Was there any, like,
secret animosity?"
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It was suspicious because
nobody knows where he is.
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I wanted to know why he left
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after Sabion and Jacob
had been killed.
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The next few days
were extremely overwhelming
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00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:25,066
because you're trying
to process it all,
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00:18:25,066 --> 00:18:27,667
but you're also
having to plan a funeral,
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00:18:27,734 --> 00:18:31,066
which is a lot
when you've never
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00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:34,166
thought of a song to play
for your kid's funeral.
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00:18:34,166 --> 00:18:35,834
You've never
thought of anything.
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00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:42,734
I decided to do
a balloon release for them.
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00:18:44,367 --> 00:18:46,367
So, we went to
the football field
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to honor them
and their memories.
324
00:18:49,467 --> 00:18:52,166
Blue was
Jacob's favorite color,
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00:18:52,233 --> 00:18:54,767
and red was
Sabion's favorite color.
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00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:57,934
So, the balloons
was blue and red.
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00:19:03,767 --> 00:19:05,567
That football field
was filled.
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Everybody was there.
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I was fixing to graduate
high school in about
two weeks.
330
00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:19,166
And so I attached
my graduation invitation
331
00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:21,367
to the balloon
and I let it go,
332
00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:23,834
so they could be invited
to my graduation.
333
00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,066
[Detective Johnson]
While we were trying
to find Woola,
334
00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:48,166
we start canvassing
the neighborhood.
335
00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:52,100
And we find a woman
who had a video camera.
336
00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:55,066
She was about
three houses down
the other side of the street.
337
00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,367
In reviewing the video camera,
338
00:19:58,367 --> 00:20:00,367
we found at about 1:16,
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00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,967
you actually see
somebody's car pass.
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00:20:02,967 --> 00:20:04,367
It stops.
341
00:20:08,266 --> 00:20:10,767
And then, somebody gets out.
342
00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:12,367
You hear them take off.
343
00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:14,367
And then, you hear
the commotion,
344
00:20:14,433 --> 00:20:17,467
when the person
who was dropped off,
hit the house,
345
00:20:17,533 --> 00:20:20,867
really starts banging
on Jacob's door,
demanding to be let in.
346
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,734
[indistinct dialogue]
347
00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:30,934
[Detective Johnson]
The man sounded
very agitated.
348
00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:35,266
Not long after, you hear
the first six gunshots,
349
00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:36,967
fired in quick succession.
350
00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:42,567
[six gunshots fired]
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00:20:42,634 --> 00:20:45,567
[Detective Johnson]
It was a very good piece
of evidence to find.
352
00:20:45,567 --> 00:20:48,767
Because, now we actually
have a time stamp,
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00:20:48,767 --> 00:20:50,233
of the shots being fired.
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00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,333
[six gunshots fired]
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00:21:00,867 --> 00:21:03,767
As far as we know,
Sabion and Jacob
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00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:06,367
and the third boy, Woola,
357
00:21:06,367 --> 00:21:09,333
are inside the house
when the six shots were fired.
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00:21:10,166 --> 00:21:13,867
And then, later on that night,
we found Woola.
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00:21:13,867 --> 00:21:17,767
You have a seat
right here. And you ma'am,
you sit on the blue chair.
360
00:21:18,767 --> 00:21:21,066
He was at his
godmother's house.
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00:21:21,066 --> 00:21:25,100
And we were bringing him
to the sheriff's office here,
to interview him.
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00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,934
And he said he wasn't there
when all this happened.
363
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:47,367
[DA Calvert] He said he chose
to walk to the other end
of town to get some snacks.
364
00:21:47,433 --> 00:21:50,667
It was about
a 15 or 20 minute walk.
365
00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:55,233
And then, when he got
close to the house,
these murders occurred.
366
00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:02,133
[six gunshots fired]
367
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,667
[Detective Johnson]
In reviewing the video camera,
368
00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:22,066
we're able to confirm some
of Woola's testimony.
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00:22:22,066 --> 00:22:25,266
Because the house looks
down the nearest side street.
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00:22:25,333 --> 00:22:29,066
And we see a cellphone
on the video image,
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00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:32,767
coming up that side street.
And its position about
where Woola said
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00:22:32,767 --> 00:22:36,100
he was when he
heard the gunshots.
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00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,667
[DA DeCluitt]
He's walking back
up near Texas Avenue.
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00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:42,367
[six gunshots fired]
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00:22:43,367 --> 00:22:46,867
You can hear when
the gunshots hit
that he stops.
376
00:22:46,867 --> 00:22:50,467
And then you see him
continue on to the house.
377
00:22:50,467 --> 00:22:52,867
He's near the house
when those shots were fired.
378
00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:54,433
Close enough
to hear the shots.
379
00:22:56,166 --> 00:23:01,266
But, he was not inside
the house when
that murder occurred.
380
00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:05,166
[DA DeCluitt] But, we have
an eyewitness who knows
what happened that night.
381
00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:07,333
Because, Woola goes
in the house.
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00:23:27,867 --> 00:23:29,867
[Detective Johnson]
When he got back
into the house,
383
00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:32,767
Woola said somebody else
was there too.
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00:23:34,467 --> 00:23:37,867
[DA Calvert] Zamar Kirven,
who had left the house
earlier in the evening,
385
00:23:37,934 --> 00:23:40,867
had got dropped back
off at that house.
386
00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:45,467
[Detective Johnson]
Woola said it was very weird.
387
00:23:45,533 --> 00:23:47,567
Zamar was not acting
like himself.
388
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:49,333
He was acting kind of crazed.
389
00:23:49,867 --> 00:23:52,266
He was behaving erratically.
390
00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:53,967
And appeared to have
blood on him.
391
00:23:56,867 --> 00:24:00,567
Woola saw that Zamar
had bloody socks on.
392
00:24:00,567 --> 00:24:03,734
And was walking
bloody footprints
throughout the house.
393
00:24:05,367 --> 00:24:07,166
[Detective Johnson]
Woola was scared to death.
394
00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:26,467
[Detective Johnson]
We don't know
where Zamar went.
395
00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:30,000
We don't have any video
of Zamar leaving the house.
396
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,266
But we have the bloody
footprints leaving
from dad's room,
397
00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:35,467
through the kitchen,
out the side door,
398
00:24:35,533 --> 00:24:36,834
and up the driveway.
399
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,934
[siren wailing]
400
00:24:40,967 --> 00:24:44,266
[Detective Johnson]
There was a team led by
the chief of police of Mart,
401
00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:46,934
that went to Zamar's
dad house.
402
00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:50,834
Because the chief felt
that that's where Zamar went.
403
00:24:57,567 --> 00:24:59,266
[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
404
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:03,567
The Mart police chief
who had known Zamar Kirven
405
00:25:03,567 --> 00:25:07,567
his entire life also knew
he was a star football player.
406
00:25:07,567 --> 00:25:10,000
And so warned
the other officers
407
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,567
and had them form
a perimeter around the house.
408
00:25:12,634 --> 00:25:14,467
Because to put
it in his words,
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00:25:14,467 --> 00:25:16,634
this man can run
like a gazelle.
410
00:25:27,367 --> 00:25:29,066
[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
411
00:25:30,967 --> 00:25:34,367
The chief of police
was able to get Zamar
to surrender peacefully.
412
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,967
He was arrested
for the murder of his friends,
Sabion and Jacob.
413
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:02,367
[Anthony] I guess
I was still totally,
like in shock, like,
414
00:26:02,367 --> 00:26:05,567
why? Why would you
kill somebody that you...
415
00:26:05,567 --> 00:26:08,033
raise around and close to?
416
00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:11,767
Z was part of the family.
417
00:26:11,767 --> 00:26:15,100
So, we treat him
the same way we treated
all the rest of our kids.
418
00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:17,333
So, it didn't feel right.
419
00:26:18,767 --> 00:26:23,367
I did think it was a mistake
when they said,
that Zamar did it.
420
00:26:23,367 --> 00:26:25,333
We were all family.
421
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,266
[Shontel] Zamar was in jail.
422
00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:37,767
And then, there are people
posting that...
423
00:26:37,767 --> 00:26:39,667
that Zamar was gonna get free.
424
00:26:39,734 --> 00:26:42,066
People were saying like...
425
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,166
wait till the truth comes out.
426
00:26:48,467 --> 00:26:49,967
[commentator] And here's
a throw to the end zone.
427
00:26:50,033 --> 00:26:53,066
Zamar Kirven with the catch.
Touchdown, Mart High.
428
00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:56,967
Zamar Kirven
was a favorite son of Mart.
429
00:26:56,967 --> 00:27:00,066
And so, people were very
surprised that he was present
430
00:27:00,066 --> 00:27:02,567
in the house at the time
these murders occurred.
431
00:27:04,567 --> 00:27:06,867
There was very high hopes
in that community,
432
00:27:06,867 --> 00:27:11,066
that he would go on
to a successful
collegiate football career.
433
00:27:11,066 --> 00:27:13,967
And then, hopefully,
to a professional
football career.
434
00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:18,734
And so, he was exceptionally
athletically gifted.
435
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:24,767
[Anthony]
We call him Z Baby.
436
00:27:24,767 --> 00:27:27,233
Z was part of the family.
I considered Z as a son.
437
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,166
Zamar was good.
438
00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:36,166
He was strong.
He was powerful.
439
00:27:36,166 --> 00:27:39,433
If he got in your way,
he pretty much gonna
run you over.
440
00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:49,467
He looked like a linebacker.
If you were to build one,
that's the guy.
441
00:27:49,533 --> 00:27:50,800
That's what it was
gonna look like.
442
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:56,634
Zamar had been
on the football team
at the University of Houston.
443
00:27:58,300 --> 00:27:59,867
He was a great athlete.
444
00:27:59,934 --> 00:28:02,634
One of the best ones
that Mart High had ever seen.
445
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,367
[DA Calvert] Zamar was
going to go to the NFL.
446
00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:11,367
And that was going
to change the fortunes
of the Kirven family.
447
00:28:12,567 --> 00:28:16,266
And then, looks like Zamar,
maybe he killed them both.
448
00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:21,367
That's just... unbelievable.
449
00:28:23,867 --> 00:28:27,166
[DA DeCluitt]
At the time, Zamar Kirven
was living with Mr. Medlock.
450
00:28:27,867 --> 00:28:29,967
But that doesn't explain a way
451
00:28:29,967 --> 00:28:33,834
why he had the blood
on his running pants
and on his shirt.
452
00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:47,066
[Detective Johnson]
When I arrived
at the Mart police station,
453
00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:50,467
Zamar was kept and his socks
were saturated with blood.
454
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:53,433
And, there was a little bit
of blood splatter
on his pants.
455
00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:56,967
Please have a seat right here.
456
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,734
[Detective Johnson] And then,
we interviewed Zamar.
457
00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:20,967
He talks about a events
kind of leading up,
where they were and all.
458
00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:24,066
But he stopped short of,
the episode where
459
00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:27,166
the gun was fired,
where anybody was killed,
anything like that.
460
00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:29,467
The chief in Mart knew Zamar.
461
00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,867
He said that he was
not acting like himself.
462
00:29:31,934 --> 00:29:33,667
He was kind of disconnected,
463
00:29:33,667 --> 00:29:37,066
like, he could have
been scared, 'cause he was
covering for somebody.
464
00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:44,634
[officer] You want
to have your lawyer?
465
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,567
[Detective Johnson]
So, we don't know
for sure what happened.
466
00:29:54,567 --> 00:29:57,467
And the only person who
would know isn't talking.
467
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,767
Zamar Kirven looked like he
was guilty of these murders.
468
00:30:09,166 --> 00:30:11,467
But, when we were
working on this case,
469
00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:13,367
we received a phone call,
470
00:30:13,433 --> 00:30:18,867
that took what otherwise
would have been a very
simple murder case
471
00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:21,066
and turned it into something
472
00:30:21,133 --> 00:30:24,934
that could turn into a fight
about who did it,
in a courtroom.
473
00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:35,266
[Detective Johnson]
Kevin Kirven who was
actually a cousin of Zamar,
474
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:38,567
was at our jail,
because he got
in a shootout with Waco PD.
475
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,734
Kevin has a long history
of criminal offenses.
476
00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:47,767
During the course
of Waco PD's interview,
477
00:30:47,834 --> 00:30:50,266
they talk about the murder
of Sabion and Jacob.
478
00:30:51,266 --> 00:30:54,066
And, he admitted to being
in Mart that night.
479
00:30:55,867 --> 00:31:00,667
He said he also engaged
in a violent confrontation
inside the house.
480
00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:05,567
[DA DeCluitt]
Kevin Kirven
is a gang member.
481
00:31:05,567 --> 00:31:07,767
And also grew up
in Mart, Texas.
482
00:31:07,834 --> 00:31:09,367
You have to take
that seriously.
483
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:13,166
You also have
to take seriously
that he is a bad guy.
484
00:31:21,667 --> 00:31:23,467
I went to the jail
with another detective,
485
00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:26,767
uh, where Kevin was being held
to interview Kevin.
486
00:31:26,767 --> 00:31:29,367
You have the right
to remain silent, and not
make any statement at all.
487
00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:32,166
Any statement you
make may be used
against you in trial.
488
00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:33,533
Just write there for me.
489
00:31:51,467 --> 00:31:55,567
Kevin Kirven said
one of the two victims,
490
00:31:55,567 --> 00:31:58,867
Sabion, had made
some type
491
00:31:58,934 --> 00:32:02,166
of sexual advance
towards Zamar.
492
00:32:02,166 --> 00:32:04,867
And Zamar Kirven
was upset by that.
493
00:32:04,934 --> 00:32:07,567
And Kevin Kirven
claimed that Zamar
494
00:32:07,567 --> 00:32:10,166
told Kevin that he
wanted kill Sabion.
495
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,166
Kevin said, "No.
You don't need
to get yourself in trouble.
496
00:32:22,166 --> 00:32:23,333
I'll take care of it."
497
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,667
Kevin said that he then
went over to the house,
498
00:32:33,667 --> 00:32:38,734
went into that bedroom
and he shot those two boys
in the head and left.
499
00:32:43,667 --> 00:32:46,367
We do know Kevin was present
at the night of the murder.
500
00:32:47,767 --> 00:32:50,767
There's a motel
directly across Texas Avenue,
501
00:32:50,767 --> 00:32:52,433
from Anthony Medlock's house.
502
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,767
Kevin Kirven was seen
by the Mart police chief,
503
00:32:58,834 --> 00:33:01,066
who saw him at that motel,
504
00:33:01,133 --> 00:33:05,066
the morning following
the murders
of Jacob and Sabion.
505
00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:07,567
So, Kevin Kirven
was definitely in the area
506
00:33:07,567 --> 00:33:09,533
at the time these
murders occurred.
507
00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:25,467
Zamar Kirven would
not provide any
substantive information
508
00:33:25,533 --> 00:33:27,767
about Kevin Kirven's
confession.
509
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,667
But he did have
the opportunity
510
00:33:32,667 --> 00:33:34,567
to send text messages
511
00:33:34,634 --> 00:33:37,066
through tablets that inmates
have access to.
512
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:41,000
And so, we had those texts.
513
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,734
And then we knew
exactly what had
happened inside that house.
514
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:56,767
During the investigation,
515
00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:59,667
going forward,
it's Zamar Kirven
that's done it.
516
00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:01,767
That's where all
the evidence is leading.
517
00:34:01,834 --> 00:34:04,066
And then here comes
Kevin Kirven, his cousin,
518
00:34:04,066 --> 00:34:06,166
saying, "I'm the one
that did it.
519
00:34:06,166 --> 00:34:09,166
I shot Sabion
and I shot Jacob."
520
00:34:09,166 --> 00:34:12,066
So then we had to go
and uncover those rocks.
521
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,667
He claimed that no one
else was in the house.
522
00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:47,867
But we knew there were
at least four other
people in the house,
523
00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:49,333
at the time of the murder.
524
00:34:58,867 --> 00:35:01,066
[DA DeCluitt]
The boys are both shot
multiple times.
525
00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:04,567
So saying that he
only shot one shot
on each of them,
526
00:35:04,567 --> 00:35:06,834
we knew immediately
was not true.
527
00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:10,567
[Detective Johnson]
Kevin is a bit
of a gun-efficient auto.
528
00:35:10,567 --> 00:35:12,367
And we asked him
during the interview,
529
00:35:12,433 --> 00:35:15,066
the brand of gun that he
used, and we gave him
a couple of options.
530
00:35:15,133 --> 00:35:17,133
Beretta, Ruger, and Taurus.
531
00:35:17,967 --> 00:35:20,667
Well, Kevin said that he
was using a Taurus.
532
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:24,166
Well, it wasn't a Taurus.
It was a Glock that was used.
533
00:35:24,233 --> 00:35:26,867
Yes, we had the murder weapon,
so we know exactly what gun.
534
00:35:26,934 --> 00:35:28,767
All the bullets
that were fired that night,
535
00:35:28,834 --> 00:35:33,166
the shell casings
and everything,
match up to that Glock.
536
00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:34,834
It couldn't have been
any other gun.
537
00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:38,166
Kevin's DNA is not
on that Glock.
538
00:35:40,166 --> 00:35:42,567
[DA Calvert]
All of his details,
in terms of specifics,
539
00:35:42,634 --> 00:35:47,066
just did not match up
with what the physical
evidence showed at the scene.
540
00:35:47,133 --> 00:35:49,367
[DA DeCluitt]
All the evidence
was pointing at Zamar Kirven.
541
00:35:49,367 --> 00:35:50,667
He was there that night.
542
00:35:50,667 --> 00:35:52,166
We had the bloody footprints.
543
00:35:52,166 --> 00:35:53,667
We had him running
from the scene.
544
00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:55,266
We had everything going.
545
00:35:57,767 --> 00:36:00,367
[Detective Johnson]
We believe Kevin was trying
to take credit for Zamar,
546
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,066
to get Zamar out of jail.
547
00:36:03,367 --> 00:36:05,567
Zamar, I think,
was kind of the person
548
00:36:05,634 --> 00:36:08,166
who was meant
to be the success
story of the family.
549
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:11,467
[DA DeCluitt]
Kevin really thought
550
00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:13,567
Zamar could get back
into college football,
551
00:36:13,567 --> 00:36:15,667
and may be make
it to the NFL.
552
00:36:15,734 --> 00:36:17,867
He was gonna be the person
in the family that made it.
553
00:36:17,867 --> 00:36:20,367
And took care
of everybody.
554
00:36:20,433 --> 00:36:23,934
And he said, he did not
want Zamar to end up like him.
555
00:36:32,266 --> 00:36:34,367
Even though people
that are in jail
556
00:36:34,367 --> 00:36:36,667
know that every text they send
557
00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:39,266
or every phone call
they make is probably
gonna be looked at
558
00:36:39,333 --> 00:36:42,166
by the district
attorney's office
or law enforcement,
559
00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:45,867
sometimes they get lax
and Zamar was saying,
560
00:36:45,934 --> 00:36:48,066
that had he not
been high that night,
561
00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:50,066
this wouldn't have happened.
562
00:36:50,133 --> 00:36:52,100
[Detective Johnson]
In texting with his friends,
563
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:57,166
he admitted that he did
shoot Sabion and Jacob.
564
00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:05,467
Looking back on that night,
people blaming on the drugs.
565
00:37:05,533 --> 00:37:08,533
But I won't necessarily
blame it on the drugs.
566
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,000
Everybody was so proud of him.
567
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,967
'Cause he worked so hard
for that scholarship
just for it to go to waste.
568
00:37:17,567 --> 00:37:20,867
And then, right before
everything happened,
569
00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:24,467
Jacob and Sabion did
get accepted to college.
570
00:37:24,467 --> 00:37:27,066
And Zamar felt like he
was getting left behind.
571
00:37:29,166 --> 00:37:34,467
I felt like there was
some type of jealousy
in their relationship,
572
00:37:34,467 --> 00:37:35,734
with all of 'em.
573
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:38,867
[DA DeCluitt]
He'd gotten out of Mart.
574
00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:42,066
He was one of the best
athletes they'd ever had.
575
00:37:44,467 --> 00:37:47,767
Zamar Kirven was
on the football team
at the University of Houston.
576
00:37:47,834 --> 00:37:50,166
And he had his whole
future ahead of him,
577
00:37:50,166 --> 00:37:52,166
when he was arrested,
578
00:37:52,233 --> 00:37:55,734
in another county
for having a large
amount of marijuana.
579
00:37:57,367 --> 00:38:02,233
And, he was finally let go
from the University of Houston
football program.
580
00:38:04,867 --> 00:38:07,767
[Chris]
After he got kicked off
the team at Houston,
581
00:38:07,767 --> 00:38:10,166
he wanted to be this thug.
582
00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:13,066
But that's not the direction
Sabion and Jacob were going.
583
00:38:13,066 --> 00:38:16,567
They were going to school.
They were going to get a job.
584
00:38:16,567 --> 00:38:18,100
They were tied
together with that.
585
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:21,433
So, I think that's where
the jealousy comes
in with Zamar.
586
00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:27,667
[DA Calvert]
And so in Texas,
there is capital murder
587
00:38:27,734 --> 00:38:29,166
and regular murder.
588
00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:33,667
Capital murder carries
a sentence of life without
the possibility of parole.
589
00:38:33,734 --> 00:38:35,367
Uh, for Zamar Kirven,
590
00:38:35,433 --> 00:38:39,667
a plea bargain offer
that with a sentence of life
on regular murder,
591
00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:43,166
Zamar Kirven would
have been eligible
for parole after 30 years.
592
00:38:44,367 --> 00:38:46,867
Zamar Kirven did
not take that offer.
593
00:38:46,934 --> 00:38:51,233
He rejected it and elected
to proceed to trial on his
capital murder charge.
594
00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:56,367
[DA DeCluitt]
The jury looked
at all the evidence,
595
00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:59,367
and they saw
that the only conclusion
that could be made,
596
00:38:59,433 --> 00:39:02,266
is that Zamar Kirven
murdered two
of his best friends.
597
00:39:02,266 --> 00:39:04,767
And so, they found him guilty.
598
00:39:09,066 --> 00:39:12,867
[Shannon]
People think that you're
gonna be happy and excited,
599
00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:14,867
that they found him guilty.
600
00:39:14,867 --> 00:39:17,166
But it's...
it's not excitement.
601
00:39:17,166 --> 00:39:20,467
It's not something
we went out and celebrated.
602
00:39:20,533 --> 00:39:23,233
I mean, he lost
his whole life too.
603
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,233
There's nothing good about it.
604
00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:31,133
With Z being in jail,
then nobody win.
605
00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,967
I forgave Z the same day.
606
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,367
I never forget what he did.
607
00:39:37,433 --> 00:39:39,166
But I had to forgive
him for me.
608
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,100
At my graduation,
I had a chair for them.
609
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,567
And there was a picture of us.
610
00:39:50,634 --> 00:39:54,066
Me, Sabion, and Jacob
from my prom.
611
00:39:55,967 --> 00:39:58,533
So, and then I took
a picture with it, afterwards.
612
00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:05,967
And it was good.
'Cause it was
like, they were there.
613
00:40:05,967 --> 00:40:08,533
Since they couldn't
physically be there.
614
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,467
That night just changed
everyone's lives.
615
00:40:13,467 --> 00:40:16,467
I mean, all of the boys
had bright futures
ahead of 'em.
616
00:40:16,533 --> 00:40:18,367
Um...
617
00:40:18,367 --> 00:40:21,967
And that night,
that one incident, just took
everything from them.
618
00:40:22,033 --> 00:40:26,467
All of the boys, and families,
and friends had affected
619
00:40:26,467 --> 00:40:29,066
more people than you
could ever imagine.
620
00:40:32,266 --> 00:40:34,166
[Shontel]
I believe the community
is come out of the grief.
621
00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,367
I feel like it showed...
622
00:40:36,066 --> 00:40:38,734
everybody that,
you never know...
623
00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:41,333
when somebody is gonna...
624
00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:43,367
go.
625
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,967
I see a lot of people...
hanging out.
626
00:40:47,967 --> 00:40:50,333
And, a lot more pictures
have been taken.
627
00:40:50,867 --> 00:40:53,066
Like, you see a lot of...
628
00:40:53,133 --> 00:40:55,767
people soaking
and enjoying the moments.
629
00:40:56,467 --> 00:40:57,834
Feel like I've noticed...
630
00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:00,433
a lot more quality time
being spent with people.
631
00:41:10,767 --> 00:41:12,066
♪
632
00:41:12,133 --> 00:41:13,767
Touchdown Lakeland Patriots!
633
00:41:13,834 --> 00:41:16,166
Friday night lights brings you
forward as a celebrity
634
00:41:16,166 --> 00:41:19,467
and also could put a target
on your back.
635
00:41:19,467 --> 00:41:22,367
Did Coach Moss cross paths with
someone at a football game
636
00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:23,834
and they followed him home?
637
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,367
This is Texas. This is football
and people are crazy.